You’ve finally decided to jump headlong towards your dream and become a filmmaker. Now what? Leaving the ordinary civilian lifestyle to become a filmmaker can be a real jolt. Raindance is here to make that transition easier. Filmmaking is not just a life-style...

We’ve all been there, when you’ve exhausted your ideas and hit writers block – or have a great brainwave for a screenplay but you’re not sure how to go about writing the script around it. Whether you’ve decided on your main character or...

The writing process is an incredibly mind-opening, frustrating, enlightening endeavour. Developing a story to the point where you have that perfect piece can be a gruelling task. Stephen King describes the process of writing as similar to an archaeologist, digging...

Screenwriting and script development are the two basic building blocks of the film industry, and unfortunately, the least considered. Things screenwriters need to know about the film industry range from the basics of film finance and money flow to stories and how they...

Sex and eroticism in movies has long been a dirty word. The public stereotype of movie sex is a low-res projection behind a red curtain in a steamy peepshow. Since the advent of moving pictures, filmmakers have grappled with how to show sensuality on the screen. In...

If you have not heard of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room all I can say is WOW. You need to know this film. It is arguably, one of the most successful and, to this day, one of the truest indie films of all times. Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is perhaps the greatest cult film...